Reading Time: 3 minutes Higher carbon, personal income, payroll, business and residential property taxes will hit B.C. families and make the province less attractive for business
Author: Niels Veldhuis
Niels Veldhuis, President of the Fraser Institute, is best known for his ability to explain matters of government policy in a down-to-earth manner, making them easily understandable.
Ontarians must consider real health-care reform
Reading Time: 3 minutes All three major parties promise massive new spending as the provincial election nears. Better they look to Saskatchewan for ideas
Business confidence in Canada is collapsing
Reading Time: 4 minutes And the reason why is obvious
A flicker of hope in Canada’s gloomy energy climate
Reading Time: 3 minutes B.C.’s proposed tax incentive plan for an LNG facility in Kitimat is a step forward. But more must happen to revitalize Canada’s economy
Clear and present danger to Canada’s prosperity
Reading Time: 3 minutes Tax and regulatory increases impair the willingness to invest in Canada. And that strikes at the heart of our economic health
Upcoming government budgets must focus on competitiveness
Reading Time: 4 minutes Canadian governments have done nothing to signal to investors, entrepreneurs and businesses that they have a plan to return the country to competitiveness
Ballooning federal deficit will only worsen if economy sours
Reading Time: 3 minutes Based on historic trends, Canada is due for an economic slowdown. This means the government needs to move toward a balanced budget now
Too much taxation attacks the foundation of our economy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Leaving more money in the hands of individual Canadians, rather than government, improves economic growth and job creation
Ontarians should brace for bigger – and costlier – government
Reading Time: 4 minutes Neither the Liberals nor the PCs recognize that it’s in the best interests of the province to reduce the size of government
‘Just spend more’ is not sound fiscal policy
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal government is digging a perilously deep debt hole that will take Canadian taxpayers years to climb out of